OTTx: One-Time Use Transactions for Blockchain Services

• André Defrémont UFPA
• Billy Anderson Pinheiro Amachains
• Alan Veloso UFPA
• Roberto Samarone Araujo UFPA
• Antônio Jorge Abelem UFPA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/sbrc.2024.1552

Abstract

In business computer networks, secure information exchange among organizations with diverse objectives is common. Users, identified uniquely, access resources through reliable applications. Integrating applications from external organizations introduces untrusted elements and requires necessitating mechanisms to ensure privacy, integrity, and non-repudiation. This work proposes a One-Time Transactions (OTTx) protocol in Blockchains. It addresses the need for secure transaction authentication, reviews the state of the art, and evaluates OTTx in a permissioned Blockchain. Results show that OTTx ensures security, privacy, integrity, and non-repudiation for transactions involving external identities, with satisfactory performance and low network overhead. This contribution advances Blockchain knowledge by providing an effective solution for transactions through untrusted network participants.

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